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Microsoft Patent Details Whole-Room Projection Game Environment

Posted by Unknown on Wednesday September 12, 2012 @05:41AM from the holosuite-0.1 dept.

Mackadoodledoo writes "Details of an immersive video games display system that projects images of the title's environment around a player's room have been revealed in a U.S. patent belonging to Microsoft."

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so.. A holodeck? by firex726 · 2012-09-12 05:47 · Score: 4, Insightful

so.. A holodeck?
1. Re:so.. A holodeck? by Yvan256 · 2012-09-12 09:34 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  So she can crash my holodeck?
  And how would that make you feel?
the furniture by Billly+Gates · 2012-09-12 06:08 · Score: 4, Funny

The furniture better not have rounded corners!

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Prior Art: Check UIUC Cave by rs1n · 2012-09-12 06:49 · Score: 4, Informative

This was already done by UIUC -- they have "caves" in the Beckman Institute that already do this, and I believe they even played Quake II in there.

Beckman Institute Cave link: http://isl.beckman.illinois.edu/Labs/CAVE/CAVE.html

Quake II in cave: http://www.visbox.com/prajlich/caveQuake/